Extensive Reading SIG of JALT Archive

March 30th (Sunday) 2025
PresentERs - ER in Japanese: Using NLP and Aozora Bunko to support intermediate and advanced L2 readers of Japanese
Speaker: Kimberley Rothville (The University of Auckland)
Location: Online, Online Events

February 23rd (Sunday) 2025
Emperor's Birthday (Tennou-tanjyou-bi)
PresentERs - Weekly Read Aloud Sessions
Speaker: Patrick Conaway (Shokei Gakuin University)
Location: Online, Online Events

January 26th (Sunday) 2025
PresentERs - Extensive Reading in International Schools
Speaker: David Schneer
Location: Online, Online Events

August 3rd (Saturday) 2024
Extensive Reading Summer Seminar
Speaker: Mintra Puripunyavanich (Chulalongkorn University Language Institute), Sakai Kunihide (Tokyo Denki Tsushin University). Call for presentations due June 30
Location: Online, Online Events

June 30th (Sunday) 2024
PresentERs: Running an ER Podcast
Speaker: Travis Past and Jose Camino
Location: Online, Online Events

August 27th (Sunday) 2023
PresentERs
Speaker: Various
Location: Online, Online Events

August 10th (Thursday) 2023
Extensive Reading Foundation's 6th World Congress on Extensive Reading
Speaker: Call for presentation proposals ends February 15, 2023
Location: Bali, Bali Province

August 9th (Wednesday) 2023
Extensive Reading Foundation's 6th World Congress on Extensive Reading
Speaker: Call for presentation proposals ends February 15, 2023
Location: Bali, Bali Province

August 8th (Tuesday) 2023
Extensive Reading Foundation's 6th World Congress on Extensive Reading
Speaker: Call for presentation proposals ends February 15, 2023
Location: Bali, Bali Province

July 30th (Sunday) 2023
Share your favorite graded readers
Speaker: All attendees who would like to share some of their 'home run books'
Location: Online, Online Events

June 25th (Sunday) 2023
Graded readers and non-graded readers for A2-B1 level extensive reading in French as a second language
Speaker: Romain Jourdan-Otsuka (Kyoto University of Foreign Studies)
Location: Online, Online Events

May 28th (Sunday) 2023
Volunteering for the ER SIG and Career Development
Speaker: Pat Conaway (Shokei Gakuin University)
Location: Online, Online Events

April 30th (Sunday) 2023
April PresntERs
Speaker: Andy Boon
Location: Online, Online Events

March 26th (Sunday) 2023
Mini-Bibliobattle in an Extensive Reading course
Speaker: Yamauchi Katsuhiro
Location: Online, Online Events

March 25th (Saturday) 2023
GRAPE: Graded Readers Authorship and Publication Experience
Speaker: Rob Waring, Paul Goldberg, Ann Mayeda, Trina Chalmers, Others TBA
Location: Osaka City, Osaka Prefecture

February 26th (Sunday) 2023
Comparing two Japanese university ER programs with the aim of helping teachers and administrators make informed decisions when setting up and maintaining ER programs.
Speaker: Jeremiah Dutch
Location: Online, Online Events

January 29th (Sunday) 2023
PresentERs
Speaker: Tekka Chang
Location: Online, Online Events

August 7th (Sunday) 2022
Extensive Reading Around the World 2022 (ERAW2022) (day 3 of 3)
Speaker: Atsuko Takase, John Macalister, More to come! Call for proposals ends March 31st
Location: Online, Online Events

August 6th (Saturday) 2022
Extensive Reading Around the World 2022 (ERAW2022) (day 2 of 3)
Speaker: Atsuko Takase, John Macalister, More to come! Call for proposals ends March 31st
Location: Online, Online Events

August 5th (Friday) 2022
Extensive Reading Around the World 2022 (ERAW2022)
Speaker: Atsuko Takase, John Macalister, More to come! Call for proposals ends March 31st
Location: Online, Online Events

April 22nd (Friday) 2022
LoungERs April 2022
Speaker: n/a
Location: Online, Online Events

March 25th (Friday) 2022
LoungERs March 2022
Speaker: n/a
Location: Online, Online Events

February 25th (Friday) 2022
LoungERs February 2022
Speaker: n/a
Location: Online, Online Events

January 28th (Friday) 2022
LoungERs January 2022
Speaker: n/a
Location: Online, Online Events

December 17th (Friday) 2021
LoungERs December 2021
Speaker: n/a
Location: Online, Online Events

August 22nd (Saturday) 2020
Extensive Reading Summer Seminar
Speaker: Keynote speaker: Richard Day (University of Hawaii), plus 30 others
Location: Online, Online Events

June 21st (Sunday) 2020
JALT PanSIG 2020 Conference Online (day 2 of 2)
Speaker: See the PanSIG website for details
Location: Online, Online Events

June 20th (Saturday) 2020
JALT PanSIG 2020 Conference (ONLINE)
Speaker: See the PanSIG website for details
Location: Online, Online Events

May 19th (Sunday) 2019
PanSIG 2019 Conference (day 2 of 2)
Speaker: Call for papers due December 22, 2018
Location: Nishinomiya City, Hyogo Prefecture

May 18th (Saturday) 2019
PanSIG 2019 Conference (day 1 of 2)
Speaker: Call for papers due December 22, 2018
Location: Nishinomiya City, Hyogo Prefecture

May 20th (Sunday) 2018
PanSIG 2018 Conference (day 2 of 2)
Speaker: Call for papers due January 15, 2018
Location: Tokyo, Tokyo Metropolis

May 19th (Saturday) 2018
JALT PanSIG 2018 Conference (day 1 of 2)
Speaker: Call for papers due January 15, 2018
Location: Tokyo, Tokyo Metropolis

August 7th (Monday) 2017
The Fourth World Congress on Extensive Reading (day 4 of 4)
Speaker: TBA; Call for papers due February 28th, 2017
Location: Tokyo, Tokyo Metropolis

August 6th (Sunday) 2017
The Fourth World Congress on Extensive Reading (day 3 of 4)
Speaker: TBA; Call for papers due February 28th, 2017
Location: Tokyo, Tokyo Metropolis

August 5th (Saturday) 2017
The Fourth World Congress on Extensive Reading (day 2 of 4)
Speaker: TBA; Call for papers due February 28th, 2017
Location: Tokyo, Tokyo Metropolis

August 4th (Friday) 2017
The Fourth World Congress on Extensive Reading
Speaker: Shuhei Kadota, Richard Day, Loh Chin Ee, Jennifer Bassett, and many more
Location: Tokyo, Tokyo Metropolis

June 18th (Sunday) 2017
All You Ever Wanted to Know About Extensive Reading (ER)
Speaker: Ann Mayeda (Konan University), Paul Goldberg (Kwansei Gakuin University), Mark Brierley (Shinshu University), Ann Flanagan (Ritsumeikan Jr/Sr High School)
Location: Nara City, Nara Prefecture

May 21st (Sunday) 2017
PanSIG 2017 Conference (day 2 of 2)
Speaker: Many great speakers!
Location: Akita City, Akita Prefecture

May 20th (Saturday) 2017
PanSIG 2017 Conference (day 1 of 2)
Speaker: Many great speakers!
Location: Akita City, Akita Prefecture

October 2nd (Sunday) 2016
9th Annual Extensive Reading Seminar (day 2 of 2)
Speaker: TBA; call for papers due May 30
Location: Nagoya City, Aichi Prefecture

October 1st (Saturday) 2016
9th Annual Extensive Reading Seminar
Speaker: TBA; call for papers due May 30 (extended deadline)
Location: Nagoya City, Aichi Prefecture

May 22nd (Sunday) 2016
PanSIG 2016 Conference (day 3 of 4)
Speaker: Many presenters
Location: Nago City, Okinawa Prefecture

May 21st (Saturday) 2016
PanSIG 2016 Conference (day 2 of 4)
Speaker: Many speakers
Location: Nago City, Okinawa Prefecture

June 21st (Sunday) 2015
The 8th Annual Extensive Reading Seminar
Speaker: Keynote speakers David Beglar (Temple University Japan) and Takayuki Nakanishi (Dokkyo University)
Location: Kitakyushu City, Fukuoka Prefecture

September 28th (Sunday) 2014
7th Annual Extensive Reading Seminar: Covering the Text: Vocabulary and Reading Comprehension
Speaker: Plenaries by Charles Browne and Junko Yamashita. Call for posters due July 15
Location: Tokyo, Tokyo Metropolis

June 2nd (Sunday) 2013
2013 JALTCALL Conference and 6TH Annual ER Seminar
Speaker: Featured Keynote Speaker: Dorothy Chun, (University of California, Berkeley). Call for papers due February 28 (JALTCALL) and March 15 (Extensive Reading)
Location: Matsumoto City, Nagano Prefecture

June 1st (Saturday) 2013
2013 JALTCALL Conference and 6TH Annual ER Seminar
Speaker: Featured Keynote Speaker: Dorothy Chun, (University of California, Berkeley). Call for papers due February 28 (JALTCALL) and March 15 (Extensive Reading)
Location: Matsumoto City, Nagano Prefecture

May 19th (Sunday) 2013
JALT PanSIG2013: From Many, One: Collaboration, Cooperation, and Community (day 2 of 2)
Speaker: Plenary speaker Judith Hanks; Call for papers due February 15th, 2013
Location: Nagoya City, Aichi Prefecture

May 18th (Saturday) 2013
JALT PanSIG2013: From Many, One: Collaboration, Cooperation, and Community
Speaker: Plenary speaker Judith Hanks; Call for papers due February 15th, 2013
Location: Nagoya City, Aichi Prefecture

July 1st (Sunday) 2012
5th Annual Extensive Reading Seminar
Speaker: Plenary speakers: S. D. Krashen and Junko Yamanaka
Location: Nagoya City, Aichi Prefecture

June 30th (Saturday) 2012
Workshop: The comprehension hypothesis extended
Speaker: Stephen D. Krashen, University of Southern California
Location: Nagoya City, Aichi Prefecture

June 17th (Sunday) 2012
The 11th Annual JALT Pan-SIG Conference 2012
Speaker: Plenary speakers Thomas Cobb (University of Quebec in Montreal), Hiromi Nagao (Hiroshima Jogakuin University), Toshihiko Shiotsu (Kurume University)
Location: Higashihiroshima City, Hiroshima Prefecture

June 16th (Saturday) 2012
The 11th Annual JALT Pan-SIG Conference 2012
Speaker: Plenary speakers Thomas Cobb (University of Quebec in Montreal), Hiromi Nagao (Hiroshima Jogakuin University), Toshihiko Shiotsu (Kurume University)
Location: Higashihiroshima City, Hiroshima Prefecture

February 13th (Sunday) 2011
The Extensive Reading Japan Seminar 2011
Speaker: Plenary Speakers Rob Waring and Atsuko Takase, plus more
Location: Okayama City, Okayama Prefecture

July 4th (Sunday) 2010
The Extensive Reading Japan Seminar 2010
Speaker: Marc Helgesen (Plenary), Ben Shearon, Atsuko Takase, Tom Robb, Eleanor Kane, Hitoshi Nishizawa, Glen Hill, Patrick Ng and others
Location: Sapporo City, Hokkaido Prefecture